Okay. Just because I have next to no writing time doesn't mean I can't write, apparently.

Nightmare at the Museum - DinerGuyhttp://www.psychfic.com/viewstory.php?sid=3970
Museums are fun for some people, usually educational, and almost never include near-death experiences for most people. Shawn Spencer, however, is not a normal person.

I really want to apologize SO so much that I haven't promoted this challenge or stabbed at the writers or anything in such an unforgivably long time!! Lots has been going on recently with freelance projects as well as my mom's upcoming surgery. I'm going to continue to leave this open until we get some more submissions because I know there are other people working on stories. I will try to be better about bumping this contest and I refuse to consider this a lost cause so be warned!! lol!!!

I know all of us have been super busy. I've been unable to keep up with this challenge and I'm really sorry about that.

So, in a fresh-like start, I'm reissuing this challenge to see if we can get some more submissions!

Anyone who's already submitted, your stories still count.

I'm also placing a time limit again because I think people tend to be better about submitting if there's a limit on working time.

One last shot!

Afterwards, we'll look at what has been submitted and make a determination on whether we have enough to vote on or if I'll make a "thanks for playing" award for the participants and move on to a new challenge.

So, all that being said, here we go!

WHUMPING WITH TROPES!!!

Once again I found inspiration from the Whump Game, which is an EPIC resource for plot bunnies!!

Now, as there are a bazillion tropes just dying (heh) to be exploited, I've narrowed the list for convenience.

1. The Can Kicked Him: "The fictional bathroom can be a truly dangerous place. It is fraught, among others, with assassins, demons, and killer mutant creatures. This is very possibly why Nobody Poops. A death or injury in the bathroom is a one-way ticket to a legacy of ignominy, and the prevalence of scary water-closet events seems to speak of a deeper human fear of vulnerability in this most private of places."http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...heCanKickedHim

2. Conveyor Belt-O-Doom:"The villain ties the goodie to a conveyor belt, an ore cart, a log floating in a flume, or any other mechanized delivery system. At the other end is a blast furnace, grinding machine, large saw or other such unfriendly device, into whose open maw the hero is expected to go. Often found in factories, mills, mines, labs, sweatshops and other places that have safety issues."http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...veyorBeltODoom

alrighty, so given that we're well over a month past the final final final due date (har!) I'm gonna call it on this contest. Not that it means people can't still write for it cause that would be epic! But it's no longer an official contest. I realize that all of us, myself included, are super busy so no worries that we couldn't get this one off the ground. I'll think up another contest for the month of November and have it up soon!

Since this is for the Whumpathon, you have an extended timeframe for creating these awesome, scary, stories!!! I'm giving us until have until December 31st to submit you entry for this special challenge event!

Additionally, there is no word limit, so go wild!!

As for the challenge theme?

"A Vampire in Santa Barbara"(or San Fransisco, if you choose)

These stories can involve elements of the supernatural, or be based on series canon, futurefic, pre-series, however you want to tackle it! Just so long as they comply with the standard archive posting rules.

Voting will take place January 1st - 5th, Monday thru Friday and close around midnight Friday night CST.

To submit your entries, post your story on Psychfic and reply to THIS THREAD with a link.

To make things easier for me when it comes time to vote, please put the name of the story, your name and then the link.

Here is an example:

The Haunting of Shawn Spencer by dragonnan
(here is where you paste the story link)